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Three Amarillo residents charged with murder in a botched Dec. 19 home robbery used text messages and two-way radios to plot the heist with a fourth man, who was shot and killed during the robbery, authorities said.

Ashley Arce-Bitela, 24, and Memorie Denise Spangler, 26, have been arrested by Amarillo police on murder charges in the death of Leonard Torres, 26, who was killed during an attempted robbery at 1618 S. Arthur St. Their bonds were set at $250,000 in the murder cases, a Potter County jail official said.

SWAT officers arrested Memorie Spangler’s brother, Tony Michael Spangler, 21, on murder and armed robbery charges Dec. 20 at an unidentified Amarillo motel, police said. He remains in the detention center, where he is being held on a $500,000 bond.

On Dec. 19, police responded to a report of shots fired at the house.

A female resident had reported to police that she and her boyfriend found two unknown, armed suspects inside, police said. The boyfriend, who lived at the residence, suffered a gunshot wound during the robbery, but his injuries were not life-threatening, police said. Police said they found the couple waiting outside in a vehicle when officers arrived.

Police then searched the residence and found Torres’ body. He died of a gunshot wound to the upper body, authorities said, and the man who lived at the residence has not been charged in the case.

Memorie Denise Spangler, Tony Spangler’s sister and Torres’ girlfriend, told police she knew her brother and her boyfriend planned to beat up the victim and take his money, a criminal complaint said.

Arce-Bitela told a Special Crimes investigator that Memorie Spangler and Torres had two-way radios to communicate during the robbery.

When authorities questioned her, Memorie Spangler initially denied having a radio but later told investigators she didn’t hear any sounds from it during the robbery, according to court records. A second radio was found on Torres’ body inside the house, court records show.

Another witness told investigators Memorie Spangler told him that she and Arce-Bitela dropped Tony Spangler and Torres off, and that both men were armed when they went to the victim’s house, court records show.

Arce-Bitela told a homicide investigator that Tony Spangler and Torres were looking for someone to rob and she identified a potential target. Arce-Bitela called and texted the victim to determine whether he was away from his residence to allow Torres and Tony Spangler to wait inside to rob him, court records show.